Lee Thim Heng — Playwright (30)

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Kill-Fist (2019)
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other title: 殺 - 擊 / 杀击 …
Zhang, a middle aged man struggling with a dead end job as an insurance sales person, on the verge of divorce with his wife, losing custody of her daughter, and on top of all this he has to take care of his father who is suffering from Alzheimer's. Unknowingly Zhang is invited to join an underground fighting game for financial purposes, but eventually Zhang becomes hooked on the fights and turns professional.

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Wall (2004)
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Between a man and his lover lies a wall, between the man and the country he loves lies another wall. Can a one-sided dialouge breaks the walls and expresses the man’s feelings and sentiments? Or does the lover or the country wants the wall to be broken in the first place? This short was inspired by Amy Len’s dance choreography “Wall” and colloborated with Loh Bok Lai. The dance was originally choreographed for a performance in Japan Dance Wave Fukuoka ‘06 - Asian Contemporary Dance Now and later made into an experimental video combining elements of an actor and monologue. The video footages were also used for the dance piece itself in KL.

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Franklin (2023)
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陳亨利 / 李添兴 … actor: 黄秋生
other title: 富蘭克林
《富蘭克林》由黃秋生主演,演員紀培慧參與編劇,集結四位亞洲新銳導演

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If It's Not Now Then When? (2012)
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other title: 如果亥有明天
With his nineteenth feature film - an incredible number given that he didn't appear on the scene until 2001 and also has a number of shorts, television projects and anthology projects to his credit - Malaysia's James Lee returns to the sort of arthouse drama where he made his name. Lee has worked a great deal in commercial film in recent years, enough that it's easy to forget how surprised people were when one of the founders of arthouse film collective Da Huang Pictures - along with Amir Muhammed, Tan Chui Mui and Liew Seng Tat - first stepped in to the genre world with the ultra bloody Histeria. But Lee is back with Da Huang for If It's Not Now, Then When and it's as though he never left. Though plot details are minimal the first trailer for the film is a beautifully shot, introspective affair that's all about tone and rhythm.

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Tuition (2015)
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李添兴 actor: Shir Chong / 蔡炜祥 …
other title: 私人补习
A dark drama about the relationship between a high school student and his young tutor. When the boy is being punished for not doing his homework, he starts to develop affection for the teacher until he realizes the teacher herself maybe just like him is another victim of torment and bullying.

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The Girl from Tomorrow (2014)
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李添兴 actor: 高艺 / 乔瑟夫
other title: 来自未来的陪伴
Jon是一个对人生绝望的男孩,在他准备割腕自杀那一天,他遇上了来自未来的女孩 Yen,一个来拯救他的女孩。 相知过程中的点点滴滴让他们相爱着彼此,可是大家从来都不曾说出口。这份淡淡的爱藏在心里,一直到Yen 的离开。

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Love to the End (2017)
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李添兴 actor: Sam Cheau / Cassandra Lew …
other title: 爱情万岁
The story follows two high school best friends, Sam and Cassie nearing the end of the term. Cassie admires a school mate John. And when John enters Cassie's life, the girls relationship takes an unexpected turn.

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Whats Underneath Matters (2016)
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李添兴 actor: Michael Chen / Lynn Lim …
Jane is unsure of her relationship with James, so with a little bit of advice and help from her mom will Jane be confidence enough to continue the relationship and find true love?

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纸鹤爱 (2014)
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李添兴 actor: Olivia Kang / Chye Chee Keong …
other title: Paper Crane Love
A lonely landlord who falls for his tenant.

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KL24: Zombies (2017)
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李添兴 / Shamaine Othman actor: 莎丽法·阿玛尼 / 阿兹曼·哈桑 …
A flu infection has taken over KL city which turns into a zombie outbreak, the movie follows threes intersecting stories of the survivors fleeing for safety as KL has fallen.

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The Beautiful Washing Machine (2004)
美麗的洗衣機 Douban
李添兴 actor: 罗木来 / 何宇恒 …
other title: 美丽的洗衣机 / 美麗的洗衣機
由一个普通的二手洗衣机出发,转转转,由沉闷的办公室生活转出奇情谋杀计。主角的同居女友离去,还带走了洗衣机,自此他的生活被洗衣的死板所占据。一天,神秘的女子出现,她搭上人家的父亲,导致有人要除她而后快。而这一切都无辜地把主角拉落水。类型的惊喜变化是李添兴的拿手好戏,全片摄影冰冷洁亮景物井井有条,却蕴藏莫名的自闭、不安与恐惧。 2005年曼谷国际电影节影评人费比西奖 最佳亚洲影片 2004年新加坡国际电影节展映作品

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Snipers (2001)
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other title: 狙击手
A trio of tales set in recession-era Kuala Lumpur. Tale 1: A lone sniper, Ah Loong befriends a red bean soup seller and tries to redeem his violent past. Tale 2: Steve, a retrenched worker is obsessed when he finds the rifle dumped by Ah Loong. Tale 3: Restaurant-owner, owing a gambling debt to thugs, is forced to pull a hit for them when he can't settle up. A mysterious, charismatic gun dealer links the tales.

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Room to Let (2002)
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other title: 有房出租
马来西亚 2002 彩色 录像Mini DV 华语 123分钟 导演/编剧 李添兴James Lee 执行制片人 Sylvia Tan 制片人 Rogayah Shahariman 助理导演 David Ngui 演员 Berg Lee, Kiew Suet Kim, Andrew Low, Ling Tan, Koh Choon Eiow, Chong Sheon Wei, Bernard Chauly, Loh Bok Lai, Amy Len, Gan Hui Yee, Tay Chin Fie, Goh You Peng, Loh Kok Mun 音乐 Jerome Kugan [影片简介] 有房出租的是吉隆坡的市郊小筑,全球最高大楼双子塔既远且近,幻想一朝登楼只会有跳下去的冲动。外地来的阿宝空有脚底按摩手艺却找不到工作,寄居小筑才渐渐发现每个住客都各有秘辛。阿宝的同房暗恋一个离奇失踪的画家,画家的表妹老远来催婚,却因过胖被困在密室足足三年,千奇百怪。中段还遇上红衣女鬼驱魔人,峰回路转。被冤魂与谜样历史缠绕的小筑住客,唯一办法只有逃走。《雷雨》加点点《百年孤寂》的魔幻,南洋版,肯定耳目一新。 电影早段平淡静穆的氛围,密云不雨,带点情绪的抽离,这不也是一众角色的生命请调吗?平静底下的躁动是抑制不来的,而漂亮的拍摄经营,造就了电影的冷漠和凄美,以及这一切过后出人意表的释然。 [导演阐述] 电影于2002年9-10月间摄制,主要拍摄吉隆坡最繁忙和发达市中心地的古老平房区,由一群跟电影中角色十分相似的年轻人租住。一群无精打采的年轻人,在城中过着单调乏味古古怪怪的生活。狭窄的居住空间,令侵犯隐私成为尝试,频密的亲密接触催生的又是什么?许多房客在戏剧艺术界工作,其中的两位就在此影片里扮演角色。我第一次去那里的时候就马上决定一定要拍一部关于那里的电影。从几年前些好的一个浪漫剧剧本改编成现在的剧本,故事不太一样,但是许多因素留了下来。它仍然是一部浪漫的喜剧片,只不过是以另一种方式。 [导演介绍] 李添兴 1973年在马来西亚怡保出生。本是剧场人,后来无师自通,专为拍摄实验录像短片。1997年进入电视圈,2001年派出首部数码录像剧情长篇《狙击手》。2002年,正式成立自己的电影公司Doghouse73 Pictures,制作其他独立电影录像。因为参与戏剧演出的经验影响,他的电影经常在表演和制作方面使用大量的戏剧因素

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珈琲時光 (2015)
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李添兴 actor: Nick Davis / Jared Lee …
other title: Cafe Lumiere
Jay, a lonely coffee barista who works only the night shift encounters Eva who had just broke off with her boyfriend and also lost her cat.